Means for mounting wall and ceiling paneling



May 3, 1949.

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' mams Fon MOUNTING WALL AND CEILING PANELING Filed sept. 6. 1945 Y I 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Maya, 1949 MEANS FOR MOUNTING WALL AND CEILING PANELING Wallace A. Wiegert and Edward W. Dunham, Floral Park, N. Y.

Application September 6, 1945, Serial No. 614,658

3 Claims. 1

The invention here disclosed relates to paneling for walls and ceilings.

Such paneling is usually made up of preformed tiles, boards or planks nailed to wooden furring strips which have been secured 'to studding or applied directly over the wall or ceiling surfaces.

Objects of this invention are to eliminate the need for nailing these panels and' to enable the placing and securing of wall and ceiling tiles, boards and the like, in various horizontal, vertical, inclined, diagonal or other relations, quickly and easily, without the use of nails or other driven fastenings.

A particular object of the invention is to so simplifyoperations as to make it possible for any one without previous experience to readily apply such paneling.

Other important objects are to provide a flat form of furring strips, which will lie close against the v'vall and take up but small space and to provide fastenings cooperable with the furring strips, which can be easily applied without requiring special tools and which will secure the panels firmly andpositively in place.

Important objectsalso are to accomplish all the above, simply and inexpensively and by means entirely practical.

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.sign are indicated at Ill, having tongue and Other desirable objects and the novel features by which all purposes of the invention are at tained are set forth or will appear in the course of the following specification.

The drawings accompanying and forming part of the speciiication illustrate present preferred embodiments of the invention, but it is echtemplated that changes may be made all within the 4true intent and broad scope of the invention as hereinafter dened and claimed. O

Fig. l in the drawings is a broken front eleva-l Y Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a fasteningvclip for holding horizontally extending board like panels.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a piece of grooved wooden furring strip with fastening clip applied thereto.

groove elements H, I2, in their opposite edges cooperable as between adjoining tiles to provide a solid, continuous paneling.

Individual panels are held in place by sheet metal fastening clips having points, barbs or teeth I3, extending into the grooves in the panels and carried by flat base portions i4, having flanges turned under at I5, for engagement over the edges of underlying furring strips.

Because of the less space they take up and the fact that they can hold the paneling closer to the wall surface, metal furring strips of flat sheet metal are usually preferred.

These metal furring strips consist of lengths of flat strip stock formed with shallow narrow flat bottom grooves i6, along the center of the same. These grooved portions provide flat embossments at the opposite face or back of the ,strips to support the edge flanges il, of the strips spaced from the wall or supporting-surface I8.

As shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 3, the furring strips are secured by nails i9, driven through the central grooved portions of the strips. These grooved portions may be perforated at intervals for reception of nails, screws or other fastening elements and in the secured position, the grooves serve as seats accommodating the head portions of the fastenings. 'I'husthe fastenings stand below the level of the flanges l1, and so do not in any way interfere Awith adjustment of the securing clips over the flanges.

As shown particularly in Fig. i, the securing clips may be made in left and right hand units by simply turning the attaching flange l5, back from either one or the other of the side edges of the clip, that is, from'the lower edge of the left hand clip shown at the left in Fig.'4 or from the upper edge of the right hand clip shown at the right in that view. These clips are easily made up out of generally rectangular blanks of sheet metal with an end edge toothed and turned up over the base `portion and with one or the other of the side edges turned under the base portion.v

Where the panels are in the form of planks or boards and run horizontally, as shown in the lower portion of Fig. 9, the clips may be made as gaged relation with the tiles.

l 3 in Fig. 5, with ange gripping crimped portions 2D, in back of the points .i 3.

Wooden furring strips, with clips to match, may be used instead of the metal strips and clips first described.

Figs. 6 and 'l show two forms of wooden furring made up o f thin narrow strips 2l, of wood, the one shown in Fig. 6, having deep slots 22, in the opposite edge portions to receive the flanges ia of the securing clips and the one shown in Fig. 7 being of substantially T cross-section providing space at 23, in back of opposite edge portions to freely receive the flanges |5a.

The clips employed with the wodden furring strips dier from those first 'disclosed primarily in the spacing of the back flanges Ia, a greater distance from the base portions Ila to accommodate the greater thickness of the edge flange portions lla of the wood strips. Otherwise, these fastening clips are substantially the same as those previously described.

In applying the paneling, it is only necessary to nail or otherwise fasten the furring strips in place over the studding or beams or directly over the wall or ceiling surfaces. These furring strips may be spaced approximately the length or width of the tiles, boards or other forms of panels. These panels are usually of pressed wood, soft enough to be penetrated by the points of the clips. These points therefore can be forced into the material where cut edges only are exposed.` Otherwise, the pointscan be entered into the grooves after the manner indicated particularly in Fig. 2. As shown in Fig. 1, the location of the tiles need not correspond exactly to the spacing between the furring strips. Also, the clips can be slid along the strips as much as need be one way or another to engage the points fully in the material of the tiles, where they will not interfere with the matching of the tiles and the complete engagement of the tongues in the grooves. tiles and strips need not be in exact alignment since the clips can be tippedA one way or another over the edge flanges to force them into fully en- This relative adjustability'permits of the tiles being mounted in inclined or diagonal relation with respect to the furring strips. The clips are of more or less springy material and the holding lips are made tight fitting so that they will firmly secure the clips on the edge anges even though tilted or angled one way or the other.

Fig. 9 shows how vertically extending wall boards 24, may be combined with horizontally extending Wainscot boards or panels 25, using clips like those shown at the right in Fig. 4, for securing the vertical panels and clips like those shown in Fig. 5, for securing the horizontal panels.

What is claimed is:v

1. Means for securing wall paneling over an existing wall structure, comprising a furring strip of light, thin, flat sheet metal having the central longitudinal portion of the same depressed in a shallow, narrow, flat nail head receiving groove forming a shallow, longitudinal embossment on the back of the strip for engagement over the wall structure and thin, flat, narrow edge flanges at opposite sides of and arranged to be supported by said embossment in close parallel relation in front of the wall structure and a. wall panel sup-4 porting lclip engaged over one of the edge flanges of said furring strip and comprising a flat piece of thin, springy sheet metal having a substantially rectangular base portion engaged over the :,seaasa Also, the

one edge o f said substantially rectangular base portion projecting rearwardly therefrom about the outer edge of said furring strip flange and extending in close, substantially parallel relation across the back of said base portion and in binding engagement against the back of said edge flange and said base portion further having a forwardly offset extension at one edge of the same terminating inv-a wall panel penetrating point projecting in closely spaced, substantially parallel relation across the front of said base portion in position for entry in the edge of a wall panel placed in supported engagement over the front of said furring strip.

2. Means for securing wall paneling over an existing wall structure, comprising a furring strip of thin, flat material having a central nail penetrable portion for flat attachment over the wall structure and forwardly offset, thin, flat anges alongthe edges of the same at opposite sides of said central nailing portion and supported thereby in closely spaced-substantially parallel, forwardly offset relation in front of the wall structure over which the furring strip is secured, and a wall panel supporting clip engaged over one of the edge flanges of said furring strip and comprising a flat piece of thin, springy sheet metal having a substantially rectangular base portion engaged over the front of one of said ledge anges, an extension at one edge of said substantially rectangular base portion projecting rearwardly therefrom about the outer edge of said furring strip flange and extending in close, substantially parallel relation across the back of said base portion and in binding engagement against the back of said edge angeand said base portion further having a forwardly offset extension at one edge of the same terminating in a wall panel penetrating point projecting in closely spaced, substantially parallel relation Aacross the front of said base portion in position for entry in the edge of a, wall panel placed in supported engagement over the front of said furring strip.

3. Means for securing wall paneling over an f existing wall structure, comprising a furring strip of thin, flat material having a central nail pene-- trable portion for flat attachment over the wall structure yand forwardly offset, thin, flat flanges along the edges of the same at opposite sides of said central nailing portion and supported thereby in closely spaced, substantially parallel, forwardly offset relation in front ofthe wall structure over which the furring strip is secured, and a wall panel supporting clip engaged over one of the edge flanges of said furring strip and comprising a fiat piece of thin, springy sheet metal hav-l ing a substantially rectangular -base portion engaged over the front of one of said edge flanges, an extension at one edge of said substantially rectangular base portion projecting rearwardly therefrom about the outer edge of said furring l strip flange and extending in close, substantially front of one of said edge flanges, an extension at i5 tion and in binding engagement against the back of said edge flange and said base portion further having a forwardly offset extension at one of the other, angularly related edges of said substantially, rectangular ybase portion, terminating parailel.relation across the .back of said -base DOT-j in a wall panel penetrating point projecting` in closely spaced, substantially parallel relation across the front of said base portion substantially at a right angle to the direction of projection of said extension across the back of said base portion, in position for entry in the edge of la wall panel extending transversely across the furring' strip, by sliding movement of said clip along the Number flange of the furring strip over which it is' en- 1,379,882 gazed. 1,399,315 WALLACE A. WIEGERT. 1,931,713 EDWARD W. DUNHAM. 5 2,120,195 2,187,752 REFERENCES CITED 2,316,424 The following references are of record in the 2'345'419 111e of this patent: lo 213491490 UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Number 600,865 G roves Mal-.'22, 189s 40.199

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